added 7 more
added seven more stitches to my count :oops:
I was using a table saw earlier tonight, and lost focus on task at hand for just a second and reality snapped it right back as my left thumb passed over the blade. amazing how my table saw never even slowed down
( I know they have saws now that will lock up if contact with any flesh )
other than being complaisant tonight I always set the blades on a saw to cut about a 1/8 " to 1/4" thru the material that saved a bunch of damage
at least that old rule has stayed with me . keeping my head out of my ass slipped by though :shock: :shock:
my wife was away one son at work and one lives about a mile away so I called him as soon as I did it . I was not sure how bad it was I just wrapped it up and called him, if he could haul my dumb ass in to the ER when he got here , I had already decided I could have drove myself to the hospital ( been there done that a few times ) but he took in anyway , it was not terrible but I knew the Doc would want to stitch it up .
Doc and nurses at the ER all nice . and had few laughs while waiting on x-rays to make sure no metal or hidden damage , they found I chipped the bone right at the knuckle, blade left a nice groove :oops:
I cut it dead center vertical just below the knuckle to the tip , numbed me up 7 stitches later I was good to go .
almost 50 years of using power tools one got me .
Just a reminder keep your mind on the job at hand or possible loose that hand
I was using a table saw earlier tonight, and lost focus on task at hand for just a second and reality snapped it right back as my left thumb passed over the blade. amazing how my table saw never even slowed down
( I know they have saws now that will lock up if contact with any flesh )other than being complaisant tonight I always set the blades on a saw to cut about a 1/8 " to 1/4" thru the material that saved a bunch of damage
at least that old rule has stayed with me . keeping my head out of my ass slipped by though :shock: :shock:
my wife was away one son at work and one lives about a mile away so I called him as soon as I did it . I was not sure how bad it was I just wrapped it up and called him, if he could haul my dumb ass in to the ER when he got here , I had already decided I could have drove myself to the hospital ( been there done that a few times
) but he took in anyway , it was not terrible but I knew the Doc would want to stitch it up .Doc and nurses at the ER all nice . and had few laughs while waiting on x-rays to make sure no metal or hidden damage , they found I chipped the bone right at the knuckle, blade left a nice groove :oops:
I cut it dead center vertical just below the knuckle to the tip , numbed me up 7 stitches later I was good to go .
almost 50 years of using power tools one got me .
Just a reminder keep your mind on the job at hand or possible loose that hand
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1 slip-up is all it takes...
one of my friends was cutting a 2x4 with a skil saw. blade was dull so it kicked back and cut through all the muscle in his thigh down to the bone. said he couldn't holler loud enough. got a ride to the hospital, they had to clean out all the sawdust, sewed it up, doctor said it was 1/8" from his femoral artery.
all those years of no accidents doesn't mean anything when it happens. can't let it happen.0 -
Well dammm. Glad it wasn't any worse. 0 -
yep 1st day or last day no such thing as being to careful
I worked with a carpenter foreman many years ago with a few fingers missing , as a apprentice carpenter he was cutting some plywood put his hand under to see if the blade was cutting thru ( as saw was running ) cost him 2 1/2 fingers to find out .buschmaster wrote:1 slip-up is all it takes...
one of my friends was cutting a 2x4 with a skil saw. blade was dull so it kicked back and cut through all the muscle in his thigh down to the bone. said he couldn't holler loud enough. got a ride to the hospital, they had to clean out all the sawdust, sewed it up, doctor said it was 1/8" from his femoral artery.
all those years of no accidents doesn't mean anything when it happens. can't let it happen.0
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